13 Months!

Wow, 13 Months! I can't believe you all are this old already! It's such a fun age! 

You all constantly babble at one another. I love listening to you having your little conversations and I know it's just going to continue to elaborate and become more and more. You love to read books in the bath to each other, actually turning the pages and looking up, like you are really reading, it cracks your Daddy up!

You love playing together. Luckily, the biting has not progressed. Amen.

You will have a new baby sister any day now!


You all NEVER SIT STILL!!!!!

We will be moving on February 10th, 2012, and you went to your new home this weekend and even took naps in your new room! Daddy and Uncle Nathan are going to paint it purple this weekend!! We hope you love it!

No more babies in this house right now, until your new sister comes of course, but you have all transferred to toddler-hood so beautifully! 

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{ Madelynn }

You walked across the family room on 01.23.12! I couldn't believe my eyes! You then walked from the couch to the TV! And then I almost died. You have been taking steps and standing on your own without holding on to anything for months now, but you have never taken more than 3-6 steps, but, I think you finally got it! You are such a big girl!!!!!!

You have 7 teeth. 4 on top, 3 on the bottom.

Your hair is light brown.

Your eyes are blue.

You wear size 3 shoes.

You wear size 9, 12 and 18 month clothes, depending on the brand.

You wear size 4 Pampers Cruiser Diapers.

You love to eat your feet still!

Your favorite foods are applesauce, pancakes, scrambled eggs, waffles, graham crackers, cheese, bologna, turkey, bread, peas, green beans, carrots, corn, ect. You love vegetables so much and you are a great eater. You shovel everything in your mouth, so now we only give you a little bit of something at a time. You don't get any baby food at all.

You have completely switched over to whole milk, and never even noticed the difference! You only get one 8 ounce bottle of formula at night, because we have so much of it left over.

You love to drink out of your sippy cups.

You sleep through the night from 7:30PM - 9:00AM.

You were chewing on your crib rails constantly but we fixed that problem.

You love to dance and listen to music. You rock back and forth on your feet. It's so cute.

You started clapping in the beginning on January, and can now clap on demand when I ask you to clap.

You can almost wave, but not on command yet.

You love ripping your bibs off, no matter how many times we put it back on you.

Your favorite time is bath time. You love splashing so much. You splash with your hands and now you have learned how to lean back in the bath seat and kick your legs so hard and splash that way.

You are still the bully of the bunch. You think everything is yours and only yours!


You still growl. Everyone thinks it's so funny!

You can say Momma, Dadda, baby, me and baba (bottle). But you babble constantly!

I have been pointing to my tummy and saying "baby" and you will put your hands on my belly and tickle it. It's so cute. I know you have no understanding of what we are talking about, but I love it anyway.

You are very determined and do not like to be told no.

You still will climb gates like Spider-woman!

You love Elmo so much and light up when he comes on TV.

Your favorite toys are your blocks, princess car, books and really anything, because you think everything is yours anyway!

You sleep with your lovie, blue bear, soft tag book, binki, pink ellie and a blanket. You love to put your lovie over your face as soon as you lay down with your bottle.

{ Claire }

You have 7 teeth. 3 on top, 4 on the bottom, the opposite of Madelynn.

You wear size 3 shoes.

Your hair is light brown.

Your eyes are blue.

You wear size 9, 12 and 18 month clothes, depending on the brand.

You wear size 4 Pampers Cruiser Diapers.

Your favorite foods are yogurt, pancakes, scrambled eggs, waffles, graham crackers, cheese, bologna, turkey, bread, peas, green beans, carrots, corn, ect. You love vegetables so much and you are a great eater. You have a little issue still with textures but you have improved so much! You don't get any baby food at all.

You have completely switched over to whole milk, and never even noticed the difference! You only get one 8 ounce bottle of formula at night, because we have so much of it left over.

You love to drink out of your sippy cup.

You love taking your bows off.

You sleep through the night from 7:30PM - 9:00AM.

You were chewing on your crib rails constantly but we fixed that problem.

You started clapping in the beginning on January, and can now clap on demand when I ask you to clap.

You can almost wave, but not on command yet.

You have an obbession with cabinet doors. Anything that can be opened and shut, you have to do it one hundred times, even when you pinch your fingers constantly.

You have a sweet soul. A little more laid back than your sisters.

You love ripping your bibs off, no matter how many times we put it back on you, even the ones that go over your head, you can take them off too.

Your favorite time is bath time. You love splashing so much. You splash with your hands, and of course your tongue sticking out!!! Silly girl!

Daddy is your favorite person, even when you get hurt, you prefer Daddy to cuddle you.

You can say Momma, Dadda, and baba (bottle). But you babble constantly!

We still call you Lola, Lola Mae, Lola Claire, and Claire-bear.

You love Elmo so much and light up when he comes on TV.

Your favorite toys are your blocks, princess car, books and the pretend cookie jar that makes noise.

You sleep with your lovie, beige cow, glow worm, binki, pink ellie and a blanket. You love to put your lovie over your face as soon as you lay down with your bottle.

{ Natalee }

You have 4 teeth. 2 on top, 2 on the bottom.

You wear size 3 shoes.

Your hair is dark brown and very straight.

You eyes are a very dark brown, like your Momma and Daddy's eyes. Everyone comments on your eyes, ever since you were born. You have a deep soul, sweet girl and your eyes haven't changed since the day you were born.

You wear size 9, 12 and 18 month clothes, depending on the brand.

You wear size 4 Pampers Cruiser Diapers.

Your favorite foods are yogurt, pancakes, waffles, graham crackers, cheese, bologna, turkey, bread, peas, green beans, carrots, corn, ect. You love vegetables so much and you are a great eater. You are such a great eater, but for some reason you are not a big fan of eggs. You don't get any baby food at all.

You have completely switched over to pedi-sure and never even noticed the difference! You love the vanilla and strawberry, but I haven't tried the chocolate yet. We are hoping it makes you gain some weight, you little string bean!

You love to drink out of your sippy cup, but still need a little help.

You sleep through the night from 7:30PM - 9:00AM.

You were chewing on your crib rails constantly but we fixed that problem.

You started clapping just last week, and can now clap on demand when I ask you to clap.

You constantly sit on your knees.

You love Mommy so much and have a very hard time separating from me, but as long as you don't see me, your fine!

Your favorite time is bath time. You love splashing so much. You love to get on your knees in your bath seat and try to stand up constantly. You are so tiny in the seat so you can move so easily.

You have a very determined personality. You like to have what you want and when you want it!

You can say Dadda, but I have not heard you say Momma yet. But you babble constantly!

We still call you Na Na, peanut, string bean and puppy (because you sometimes still sound like a little puppy/piggy when you sequel).

You love to be chased, and will crawl away sooo fast!

You love Elmo so much and light up when he comes on TV.

Your favorite toys are your blocks, princess car, books and Daddy's cell phone.

You sleep with your lovie, pink bunny, glow worm (glowy), binki, pink ellie and a blanket. You are the only one who could care less about your lovie. You love your glowy, especially the ears. You rub the ears of glowy between your mouth and your nose all of the time.

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We love you all to the moon....and back. You mean the world to us and we are so blessed to have you each and every day of our lives. This was a bitter-sweet month as we knew it was our last month with just the three of you. We know you will never know the difference when your new sister arrives, but we will remember the past 13 months with just the three of you.

We love you so much sweet girls. Happy 13 Months!